It’s hard to believe, but it’s been nearly three months, and countless snow storms, since the General Assembly season kicked off.

With the 90-day session sprinting toward its April 7 close, here’s the status of some key legislation affecting Maryland’s business community:

Minimum wage

A bill backed by Gov. Martin O’Malley to raise the minimum wage in Maryland to $10.10 an hour by January 2017 passed the House of Delegates on March 7. The vote was 89-46. The bill is now in the Senate Budget and Taxation committee. Committee chairman Thomas Middleton, D-Charles County, wants to see any increase tied to higher wages for state workers who care for the developmentally disabled.

Combined reporting

Bills that would apply Maryland’s 8.25 percent corporate income tax rate to a Maryland company’s out-of-state subsidiaries remain stuck in the Budget and Taxation committee in the Senate and the Ways & Means committee in the House. Crossover day has come and gone, making for a slim chance that the bills sponsored by Sen. Paul Pinsky, D-Prince George’s County, and Del. Heather Mizeur, D-Montgomery County, would pass.

At this point, if a bill passed one chamber, it would be referred to the Rules Committee in the other chamber, which could effectively kill the bill by holding onto it until the session ends.

Sen. Paul Pinsky, D-Prince George’s County, is still holding out hope for his bill, Senate Bill 395, may pass but he would have to get one more vote on his side. His bill was defeated by a 7-6 vote in the Senate Budget and Taxation committee last year.

“I’m not going to throw in the towel,” Pinsky said.

If a combined reporting bill does not pass this session, it would mark the fourth consecutive year such legislation died in the General Assembly. Pinsky said he expects to bring his bill back again in 2015. He is hoping for a better result since there will be new members on the Senate Budget and Taxation committee next year. But Mizeur won’t be bringing back her bill, House Bill 887.

Mizeur had to give you her House seat to make a run for governor. So, if she doesn’t win the governor’s race, she won’t be back in Annapolis next year.

Corporate income tax reduction

Several bills were introduced that would lower Maryland’s 8.25 percent corporate income tax rate. None have passed out of their respective chambers, so passage this late in the session appears slim.

Senate Budget and Taxation voted down SB 384, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader David Brinkley, R-Frederick. The bill would have lowered the tax rate to 6 percent, the same rate as in Virginia. The committee also voted down a another bill, SB 8, sponsored by Sen. Richard Colburn, R-Caroline County. It would lower the rate to 6 percent over five years.

Legislation decriminalizing the possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana passed the state Senate on March 11 by a vote of 36-8. Offenders would have to pay a fine of up to $100 but would not be subject to criminal prosecution, under the legislation. The bill is pending in the House Judiciary committee.